Relarding Cheri's Mayberry room, I write to suggest an item for the "Loaded Goat" episode.? May I suggest that you not try to keep a real, live goat - you know, the mess and such.? Instead, I can probably donate an old, unused box of dynamite laying around the farmstead somewhere to you.? Much neater and less smell than an actual goat - and it could double as an end table/coffee table.? You ever tried to set a cup of coffee on the back of a goat?
Regarding?Sharon's question regarding Andy opening the old lady's coat....? as I recall, Andy first grew suspicous of probable criminal activity because an old lady ought not to clunk.? This would form his original "probable cause" to warrant a body search.? Of course, a search under the old lady's coat was strictly to insure the safety of the law enforcement officer - checking on the existence of weapons, illegal contraband, etc,? Yet, Andy did not act upon his first suggestion of probable cause - which is certainly not the case in today's law enforcement world where probable cause can be supported?from as little as a "guilty" look about the suspect.??Instead, Andy asked the old lady if she would?submit to a "weight confirmation" test.? Although perhaps unusual in this day and age, in pursuit of enforcement of the law, Andy was acting with propriety when he asked her to submit to such testing.? Given that the old lady voluntarily agreed to such an invasion of her privacy and agreed to be weighed, the result of that testing confirmed the law enforcement officer's initial misgivings, resulting in probable cause to conduct said invasion of privacy.? In today's world, an old lady that clunks would be subject to a body search on that basis alone if a crime was suspected. In our little world of Mayberry, Andy extended the search for probable cause in a way unheard in the 21st Century. Regarding Sharon's question about the string on the camera in the "Filling Station Robbery," this caught my eye a number of years ago.? I agree, it appears to me they are one eye-hook shy of having the string actually pull to make the camera click when the door opens. My two cents... KIM?- the guy from Las Vegas (not the Ms. Kim?from?Texas?that?writes a disclaimer after reading my posts - smile) _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
